We have a few “Out of the Box” events that Special Moments helped with in the beginning of July. This is the first one we will be talking about. We were referred this event from our friends over at Orange Blossom Catering. Bruce was the host of this event. His parents were celebrating their 50th Anniversary in August and Bruce had the pleasure of Uniting with his Partner David in the UK on July 1st in a private Commitment Ceremony. So the theme of the party was:

“50 years of Bond(age) and a new Bond”

Bruce came up with the theme due to his experience in planning events in Hong Kong and his love for James Bond…. So the dual party became a James Bond Themed Event. We started with the concept of using the retro glam approach. This is what I call fondly Old School Style…..We decided to use the Black and Gold which is traditional for a 50th Anniversary, but added some caricature style of each of the guests of honor to the event.

 The menu/food was designed around our party theme. We choose food stations and the menu was “Food around the World” Bond Style. We different themed stations such as: Pad Thai and Asian Stir fry station that the guests were served in take-out boxes with chopsticks, The Italian station which consisted of a Make your own antipasta bar on bamboo plates with breadsticks and salad,The English Station which consisted of carved turkey and beef with cranberry sauce , yorkshire pudding, brussel sprouts and mini stuffed baked potatoes.                            

As the guests arrived off the elevator on the 28th floor of the Bayfront Towers they were greeted by James Bond music playing in the background and a banner that told you need secret agent credentials to pass that point. They entered the hallway and were greeted to martini’s( shaken not stirred) and glasses of wine. They signed in the original guest book from Larry and Renee’s wedding 50 years earlier and looked at wedding photos from that day also along with cut-outs of their original wedding photo on display. The room was decorated with Life size banners of the original invitation for photo ops and then the polaroids of the guests were placed in commemorative Keepsake frames that they took home with them at the end of the evening. We designed the room in black linens with Gold table candleabra’s accented with red roses. On the Cocktail tables we used small gold vases with red roses in the top for accent color.

After the guests were finished with the food stations, the program began for tonight’s entertainment. We had the “Shaken not stirred” dancers and there performance along with slideshows of  pictures over the years to an ad lib interactive audience participation that resulted in a story about Bruce and David where the guests had filled in the blanks to create a hilarious laugh for everyone. After the cakes were cut. Which we had a traditional anniversary cake for Larry and Renee to a Aston Martin Cake for Bruce and David. The dance floor opened up and the guests danced to we are family and a few select songs before calling it a night.

The white book of vendors:

Caterer: Orange Blossom Catering

Photographer: Britt Mcallister

Dj- Chuck Weirich- Tampabaydj.com

Plasma Tv rental- Rodney- Best Av

Rental items: Coast to Coast Event Rentals

Flowers: Alma Ingram Florist

Cakes: Cakes by Carolynn

Here are the pictures below from this unique event: Thanks  Britt for the pics!